Harold Lommer

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Harold Maurice Lommer (born November 18, 1904 in London , † December 17, 1980 in Valencia ) was an English chess composer .

Life

Lommer, born to German parents, moved with his family to Geneva at the age of four . After studying in Germany, he returned to England in 1926. After the Second World War he ran a nightclub in Soho, London .

chess

At the age of 12 years Lommer was the Saavedra position for chess enthusiastic. Lommer was engaged in assignments that showed multiple pawn conversions . He wrote two important study anthologies, which he wrote similar to the predecessor A Thousand End Games by Creassey Edward C. Tattersall , and was also active as a chess journalist.

Works

  • M. A. Sutherland & Harold M. Lommer: 1234 Modern End-Game Studies . 1937
  • Harold Lommer: 1357 End-Game Studies. The best chess compositions 1935-1973 . 1975

swell

  • Harrie Grondijs: No Rook Unturned . 2nd edition 2004. ISBN 90-74827-52-7 , pp. 58-59.
  • Brian Stephenson: Harold Lommer . Online edition of the article in CHESS , May 2008. Version of June 28, 2009. Accessed on September 8, 2009
  • Calendar sheet . In: Die Schwalbe , issue 210, December 2004. Accessed online on September 8, 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Lommer, Harold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lommer, Harold Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chess composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1980
Place of death Valencia